Director, Generation Controls, Protection, and Automation – Power and Energy

🕒 Novembro 1

🤠 Texas – Remoto

🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $190.000 - $300.000 / ano

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201 - 500 funcionários

Fundada em 2024

💼 Consultoria

📦 Logística

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💰 $433.000.000 Series C - Nscale em 2025-09

Consulting • Logistics • Manufacturing

A Nscale é uma empresa de infraestrutura de IA full-stack que fornece capacidade em nuvem e local potenciada por GPU, data centers soberanos e sustentáveis, e serviços de plataforma gerenciada para treinamento, ajuste fino e inferência de modelos em larga escala. Oferece instâncias bare-metal e de VM, orquestração Kubernetes e Slurm gerenciada, armazenamento de alta largura de banda e rede de baixa latência, além de operações de frota, observabilidade e APIs para governança de recursos GPU em tempo real. A Nscale atende equipes e laboratórios de IA corporativos com implantações modulares de data center multimegawatt e serviços nativos de IA chave na mão para acelerar P&D e produção em escala.

Descrição

• Own the microgrid control architecture, including power management, generation dispatch and load sharing, frequency and voltage regulation in island mode, and coordinated response to load transients and contingencies • Define control philosophies and functional specifications for plant master controllers, engine governor and AVR coordination, and grid-forming BESS controls • Direct dynamic performance requirements and verification, including control tuning, load acceptance and rejection behavior, black start, resynchronization logic, and load ramp coordination • Oversee EMT and dynamic modeling using PSCAD and similar platforms • Own protection philosophy for islanded systems, including relaying schemes, coordination and arc flash studies, and settings management • Review and approve protection designs, relay settings, and coordination studies from EPC partners, OEMs, and consultants • Direct controller and protection CHIL/HIL testing campaigns with relay, BESS, and switchgear vendors • Establish settings management discipline, including version control, change management, and as-left documentation • Own plant automation and SCADA architecture, including control topology, substation automation, communications design, and time synchronization • Define signal lists, alarm philosophy, and operator interfaces • Set OT network and cybersecurity requirements for controls and protection systems • Integrate automation designs with data center building management and operational data platforms • Carry controls and protection scope through design reviews, FAT witnessing, site functional testing, energization, and integrated systems testing • Support root cause analysis of controls, protection, and power quality events and drive corrective actions • Develop engineering standards, specifications, and reference designs for microgrid controls, protection, and automation • Build and lead a small team of controls and protection engineers • Direct specialist consultants and studies firms • Manage technical relationships with relay, controls, BESS, and switchgear OEMs • Partner with the Director, Generation Electrical Engineering on integrated power system, protection, and controls design • Coordinate with data center operations, controls, fuel gas, mechanical, and civil teams • Communicate complex power systems issues to project leadership, commissioning teams, and executives

🎯 Requisitos

• 10+ years of experience in power systems controls, protection, or automation engineering • Significant experience with islanded, industrial, or microgrid power systems • Deep protective relaying expertise, including scheme design, coordination studies, and settings development on modern digital relay platforms • Experience with high inverter-based resource penetration and limited fault current • Hands-on experience with plant or microgrid control systems, power management systems, governor and excitation coordination, and grid-forming or grid-following inverter controls • Working fluency with EMT (PSCAD or equivalent), dynamic stability, short circuit, coordination, and arc flash studies and models • Direct hardware-in-the-loop testing experience with RTDS or equivalent is a strong advantage • Solid grounding in SCADA and substation automation • Knowledge of IEC 61850, DNP3, Modbus, and OT cybersecurity practices • Experience taking controls and protection scopes through commissioning and energization on major projects • Ability to direct OEMs, consultants, and EPC engineering teams • Experience making technically defensible decisions under schedule pressure • Exposure to behind-the-meter generation, BESS, or mission-critical facilities is a strong advantage • Ability to build standards, processes, and small teams in a fast-scaling environment • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field • Willing and able to travel regularly to project sites and vendor facilities, typically 25% and higher during factory testing and energization campaigns • PE license preferred

🏖️ Benefícios

• Highly competitive US compensation package including bonus and equity • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage • 401(k) retirement plan with company match • Generous PTO plus US federal holidays • Flexible workplace with autonomy • Flexible paid time off • Parental leave • Retirement plan participation • Performance reviews every 12 months

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